 The state can no more abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested, like navigable waters and soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties...  Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 1951905Full view - About this book
 | 1893 - 916 pages
...essence of the decision, above referred to, is that the State cannot, in the interest of private parties, abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested. By State is meant its Legislative and Executive officers. ELECTRICITY. 89 EXBCTKICITY. NOTES. The Stretl... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1038 pages
...also, Illinois Cent. RR Co. v. Illinois, 146 US 458, in which it is said: "A grant of all the lands under the navigable waters of a state has never been adjudged to be within the legislative power; nnd any attempted grant of the kind would be held, if not absolutely void on its face, as subject to... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1070 pages
...and construed with reference to the special facts of the particular cases. A grant of all the lands under the navigable waters of a state has never been...which the whole people are interested, like navigable watt-re uud soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1064 pages
...and construed with reference to the special facts of the particular cases. A grant of all the lands under the navigable waters of a state has never been...would be held. If not absolutely void on its face, aa subject to revocation. The state can no more abdicate Its trust over property In Which the whole... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1222 pages
...would not be contended for a moment that such a grant could be sustained. "A grant of all the lands under the navigable waters of a state has never been adjudged to be within the législative power, and any attempted grant of the kind would be held, If not absolutely void on its... | |
 | Emerson E. Ballard, Tilghman Ethan Ballard - Real property - 1899 - 868 pages
...them, and, while it may make a grant of them for public purposes, it may not make an irrepealable one ; and any attempted grant of the kind would be held, if not absolutely void on its face, as subject to revoc::iion. These views are maintained with clearness and vigor in the very able and elaborate opinion... | |
 | California. Legislature. Senate - California - 1900 - 270 pages
...court has there defined the limits of local and private control as follows: "A grant of all the lands under the navigable waters of a State has never been...void on its face, as subject to revocation. * * * The ownership of the navigable waters of the harbor and of the lands under them is a subject of public... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1894 - 1250 pages
...is, therefore, appropriately within the exercise of the police power of the State." Now, again : " The State can no more abdicate its trust over property...whole people are interested, like navigable waters and the soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties, except... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1900 - 1306 pages
...It is, therefore, appropriately within the exercise of the police power of the State." Now, again: "The State can no more abdicate its trust over property...which the whole people are interested, like navigable writers and the soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1268 pages
...relation to them, and, while It may grant them for public purposes, it may not make an Irrepealable one; and any attempted grant of the kind would be held, if not absolutely void upon its face, as subject to revocation. These views are maintained with clearness and vigor in the... | |
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